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Ashes Against the Grain is a classic American metal record, but Ashes Against the Grain is also a middle child. Obviously, no band can know such a thing during the process of creation, but certain markers reveal themselves in retrospect. In the late ’90s, John Haughm, Don Anderson and Jason William Walton pooled the musical

Stockholm’s God Mother will share their third full-length album, Köttvärld(translated:Meat World), scheduled for release September 25. Check out the track “False Self” from the album below ahead of the release. Köttvärld by GOD MOTHER “Living in a world where hope of a better tomorrow and joy is an act of resistance—This song is about finding

It always stops me in my tracks a little bit when I’m reminded that the same Martin Rygge that is responsible for one half of the guitar insanity in Oslo avant-grinders Beaten to Death is also responsible for one half of the chin-stroking technical wizardy in Oslo progressive metal trio Grant the Sun. The band

It’s not often we get to premiere a more or less brand new band and their first release, but Baltimore blackgazers Stellar Rot are so fresh they aren’t even listed on Metal Archives (though the duo’s previous USBM outfit Unendlich are on there).The outfit was formed in 2025 byScott Ferguson (drums/vocals) and Mike Connors (guitar/bass/synth)

Goddamn heart’s acting up again… think it might be all the stress being put on it by these fucking lunatic Socialists trying to take over our country. Thank God I have Fox News to mainline the straight dope into my veins for three hours every night so I can stay informed on how badly our

Well, it’s September now, and some people still suck. It’s Smokey Goretooth here with another “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done. This

Central American cohortMorbid Stench, comprised of musicians spread across El Salvador and Costa Rica, will soon continue the spread of their brand of underground death/doom with the release of third albumDoom Metástasis. Featuring the same lineup as when the band started in 2014, Morbid Stench have grown as musicians, matching the rotting pace of the

Indianapolis doom crewVeilcasteare back withHellward, their fourth album in six years, later this week andDecibelhas an early sampling of the release for your early listening consumption.Hellwardrecalls the melodic side of doom, Cathedral and their ilk, mixed with the brooding anger of nastier sludge, like Crowbar and Eyehategod, and the quiet/loud intensity of post-metal. Veilcaste approach

“Hey, for our band logo, why don’t we use Comic Sans?” – SAID NO METAL BAND EVER! I get it, there is nothing metal about Times New Roman –or any other font that is legible for that matter –but as a cixelsyd, sorry dyslexic, I even get that word backwards; I need to know: How

If you question my expertise on sceney-bopper-ness, let me walk you through a moment in time. I’m standing in the sitting room, my mother in the kitchen, and I’m begging her to let me either a) cut my fringe to one of those cool, massive emo fringes that were huge on Tumblr, or b) let

Greetings,Decibel readers! We’ve got lots of big names to cover this week, from space-metal royalty, to a German thrash institution, to Britain’s atmospheric standard bearers. It should all make for great listening while you hope no other cherished celebrities born in the 1940s leave us this year (Timothy Dalton must be protected at all costs!).

Boston’sFinal Gaspare a breath of fresh air in the underground community. Converging at the intersection of deathrock and hardcore, the Northeast quintet have developed a sound they can call their own. While this year’s powerful offeringNew Day Symptomsis a wonderful showcase of their ability, it doesn’t tell the whole story. With the help of the

“3 Knocks” is the fourth and final single from Carrie Chains, the new album from heavy-doom trio Castle, out September 4 through Hammerheart Records. And while Castle have never exactly been shy about their influences, this one makes a strong case that there’s still plenty of mileage left in the old-school heavy-metal riff. Guitarist Mat

Eternal Drak have released the official music video for “We Force It To Speak” from the band’s newly issued sixth album, The Violence of Time, which was released July 27. “Trying to understand time doesn’t reveal it. It distorts it … Truth isn’t discovered. It’s enforced,” say the band. The black metal aesthetic of the

On their fourth full-length, Sisyphean Life, Dutch grindcore outfit Suffering Quota have turned their sights on the endless, brutal repetition of daily modern life. Inspired by the Greek myth of Sisyphus who was condemned to the impossible task of pushing a giant boulder up a hill, only to have it roll back down, day after

Smokey Goretooth at it again with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done. This week’s submission comes from a user who

Ninth Realmhave been one of the United States’ strongest death-thrash practitioners since forming in 2018 and they’re in their sharpest form yet onDamnation’s Veil, their second full-length and tenth release overall. Though it doesn’t come out officially until later this week on Transcending Obscurity, you can stream the album early viaDecibel. Packing ten songs and

Hi everybody, Dave Mustcomplain here. Fair warning before I do this review: I’ve had a real bummer of a week. First off, my shitting wife Doreen capped me off at three Busch Lights a week on account of the fact that my heart threw a bitch fit a month back. Says she’s worried I’m going

Tomorrow marks a very special day in my podcasting career: episode 99 of the RIGHT NOW! The podcast will be released, and for those who struggle with math, that means we are but one episode away from reaching the milestone of 100. It may come as a surprise, but I wasn’t always the funny, confident,

Caught your attention with that song title, did we? Brooklyn noise rock quartetForeign Bodyare known provocateurs and their new single, “When Sex Is Not Enough,” continues that approach. Hell, even the cover to their upcoming second album,Libertine, from which this new track originated, is fairly cheeky (sorry). But, seriously, these dudes—Hugh Potter (vocals/sax), Nikolai Kapetan